Surface-based morphometry of the cortical architecture of autism spectrum disorders: Volume, thickness, area, and gyrification

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Libero, Lauren E ^a   DeRamus, Thomas P ^a   Deshpande, Hrishikesh D ^b   Kana, Rajesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Freesurfer; Neuroanatomy; Social brain; Surface based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL MORPHOLOGY; CORTICAL SURFACE AREA; CORTICAL THICKNESS; CORTICAL VOLUME; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GYRIFICATION INDEX; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; PARS OPERCULARIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; SURFACE BASED MORPHOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904758322     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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